Office of Space Commerce Solicits White Papers for TraCSS Research & Technology Development

On March 14, 2025, the Office of Space Commerce issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) requesting white papers that could lead to proposals and funded research to enhance and advance space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic coordination (STC) technologies.

View the solicitation at SAM.gov

OSC is interested in white papers on the topics of SSA data, conjunction assessment, risk assessment, and general SSA technologies.

To be eligible for consideration and possible contract award, the technology or methodology shall be either basic research, applied research, advanced technology development not for a specific system/hardware, or demonstration and validation.

An interested party must submit a white paper in order to be eligible for further consideration. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only. 

The due date for white paper submissions is May 30, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. ET. 

Community Day

OSC plans to hold a virtual community day on the BAA on April 3, 2025. Details about the event will be announced on this website at a later date. 

Prior to the community day, OSC encourages interested offerors to review the BAA and submit any questions to the Contracting Officer listed in the SAM.gov solicitation. Additional questions arising from topics covered during the community day shall be submitted in writing to the Contracting Officer by April 17, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. ET.